17th Parle Mahotsav

This Mahotsav taking the overall competition tally to 22. The 16th Parle Mahotsav had close to 50,000 participants which eventually led to giving away of over 2500 prizes. For the first time in the history of Parle Mahotsav, the finals of all the sporting events were held simultaneously in a specially built mega-stadium which had a spectator capacity of 25,000. The results were immediately updated on website.

Indoor

Carrom : This competition is mentored by Sadanand Tamhankar & Shailesh Bodas. It is run in assiciation with Carom Association of Mumbai View Results

Chess : This competition is held in association with Maharastra Chess Assocition. It is judged by Prasad Deshmukh and Pritee Deshmukh. Prasad is instructor in FIDA & was former captain of Mumbai University. Pritee was also a former girl's champion in Mumbai university. Nandan Pradhan is Incharge of this competition View Results

Outdoor

Body Building : This competition is mentored by Rahul Shinde, Ashok Pitre. Rahul is instructor in gymansium. View Results

Mallakhamb : This competition is approved by Mumbai Subarban Mallakhamb Association & Maharashtra Amateur Mallakhamb Association. It is mentored by Mahesh Aathale, Ganesh Deorukhakar. Mahesh has Written and Published 3 books on MALLAKHAMB & he was All India Inter-University Champion in MALLAKHAMB & GYMNASTICS View Results

Marathon : This competition is held in association with Athaletic association of Mumbai Subrbaban, It is mentored by Pravir Kapur View Results

Kabbadi : This competition is held in association with Mumbai Subarban Kabaddi Association. It is mentored by Sachin Narkar, Sudhir Nimbare, Ravi Kule. Ravi has been teaching Kabbadi in sathye collage since past 30 years. Sachin Narkar was a state level player in school days & was a participant of junior upnagar Kabbadi competition. Sachin sawant has also participated in junior upnagar Kabbadi competition. View Results

Kho-Kho : This competition is held in association with Mumbai Suburban Kho-kho Association. It is mentored by Vrunda Gholam-Lad, Mangesh Surve, Vidya Sawant. Mangesh was a national level player in Kho Kho while Vrunda and vidya were state level players. View Results

Senior Citizen : Various sprot One Minute Games for Senior citizens are held each year like baskting the ball, Fast walking, running etc. These competition is mentored by Arun Lalit & Mr Suresh Rayakar View Results

Football : This competition is judged by referees of Mumbai football Association. It is mentored by Amit Singh, Sachin Konde counducted at Our leady of health highschool. View Results

Volley Ball : This competition is conducted in association with Mumbai suburban district Volyball association. It is mentored by Rajesh Shanbag, Amit Pitre & Amogh Gore. Amit has been a national level player and University Captain. Amogh is a National level referee. View Results

Special

Yoga : This competition is held in association with Maharastra Subarban Yoga Association. It is mentored by Ravi Gaikawad View Results

Home Minister : This competition is mentored by Aruna Bhat View Results

Healthy Baby : This competition is held in association with Balabhai Nanavati School of Nursing. Doctors and Nurses from this ospital are judges of the competition.Prakash Madhav is in charge of this competition. View Results

Sponsors

Winner

Karizma KesariyaGroup Dance (Above 35 Years Group)

SRS Miracle (Save Tree)Group Dance (Age 15 and Above)

Pratishtha GroupGroup Dance (Age Group Below 15)

Jidnyasa BhoilSolo Dance (Age 8 to Below 10)

Naitik PawaseSolo Dance (Age 5 To Below 8)

Purva SolekarSolo Dance (Age 12 To Below 16)

Riya DandagawalSolo Dance (Age 10 to Below 12)

Guru KohliSolo Dance (Age 20 and Above)

Khushali HirdniSolo Dance (Age 16 To Below 20)

Om Sai (Vileparle)Box Cricket (Under 16 Group)

Sujit Mapatra (Dandekar Gym)Body Building (70 Kilos Group)

Rohit Shetti ( R.K.M.)Body Building (Above 80 Kilos Group)

Nitin Mhatre (Power Zone)Body Building (65 Kilos Group)

Suyvash Patil (Fortune Gym)Body Building (80 Kilos Group)

Umesh Gupta (Created)Body Building (60 Kilos Group)

Amit Singh (Fortune Fitness)Body Building (75 Kilos Group)

Sandesh Sakpal (Parab)Body Building (55 Kilos Group)

Jolly BoysFootball (Under 17 Years Group)

D.N.F.C.Football (Under 15 Years Group)

Glory BoysFootball (Under 13 Years Group)

Did You Know?

Komal a past Winner of Painting Competition in Parle Mahotsav has won more than 650 prizes in painting. She has set a Limca Book of record for winning maximum no of prizes! She was awarded Bal Shree Puraskar by APJ Abdul Kalam in 2002. She was also awarded Sahyadri Hirkani Award in 2006. Komal now is in-charge of Painting Competitions at Parle Mahotsav.

Shyam Rahate :

Shyam was a Parle Mahotsav Title Winner in Body Building Competition. He then went on to become Mumbai Shree, Maharastra Shree and Bharat Shree.

Suhas Khamkar :

Suhas was a Parle Mahotsav Title Winner in Body Building Competition. He then went on to become Mumbai Shree, Maharastra Shree, Bharat Shree and Mr Asia.

winner of Parle Mahotsav Solo Dance Competition went on to become a winner of Marathi dance reality show, Eka Peksha Ek!

Pravin Nayar :

runner up in Eka Peksha Ek has also participated in Parle Mahotsav.

Tanvi Palav :

Participant and Winner of Parle Mahotsav Classical and Solo Dance section is also winner of Balshree Award.

Vrushali Chavhan :

Participant and Winner of Parle Mahotsav in Solo Dance was also amongst top participants of dance reality show Zalakh Dikhla Ja.

Minakshi Kadam :

Winner of Solo Dance Competition and member of MB Rocks Group that participated in Parle Mahotsav, was also quarter finalist at India Got Talent. She was also quarter finalist in Kaboom on star plus. She is also winner of Boogie Woogie.

Dinakar Deshapande :

a participant in Volly ball Competition of Parle Mahotsav is also a Chatrapati Award winner.

Mohammad Shakil :

a participant in Volly ball Competition of Parle Mahotsav measures 7.2 feets high! He is a National level Vollyball player.

As many as 60 teams participated in Vollyball Competition last year. This is the highest no of teams that participated in any vollyball competition held across India.

Siddharth Verma :

A participant of Parle mahotsav Boxing Competition is also a Gold Medal winner at National Championship.

Lalit Sawant :

A Participant of Parle Mahotsav in Kho-Kho competition is also facilitated by Chattrapati Award.

Ganesh Sawant :

A participant of Parle Mahotsav in Kho-Kho competition is also facilitated by Ekalvya Purskar.

Deepali Deshpande :

National Gold Medalist, Arjun Award winner was a participant of Parle Mahotsav earlier in Rifle Shooting.

Leena Shirodkar :

A National level Medalist was a participant of Parle Mahotsav earlier Rifle Shooting.